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• • 4:11‘ .1 Nit% ...Salt.. illr 111 Z: 1 1 44, rrPRRSO NS SEEKING LANDED sTATEs, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREE ()Cr) ANT) f E E DOT, D INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER i' I ES G r.NERALL Y— nc II AD GRATES, at the Principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. f)7, Chancer;-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY 111:aisTEn," containing availed selection of landed en d h ouse propert i es now in' the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OwNEtts of , PROPERTIES WithillE; to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Resister Affords, by sending the particul ars o f th e i r p r operties to the Estate Offices, (7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of en eligible charm ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. 1 ITERE IS NO citrAnc:E incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throtrzli Messrs. Liunley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. FURNIITIM, CARPETS. BEDDING, and FLOORCLOT IT, CA. Et MAC, E-FRE E to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or dis'ance. First• class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLEt.GyMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing' an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by .110 admirable engraving,. of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-tree on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ronmen ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a t'rice List of purified heckling and a mass of valuable information to all requiring househ;ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler.,2y men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Eiy, Preston, Grimsby, Hyde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, .!•taines-, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COIii3ETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B.E, A RIS.—GRAND HOT EL DU LOUVRE. Established in 1855.—Situated in the most Central part of Paris, Rile de Rivoli and Pl.sce dii Palais Royal—Six hundred Bedrooms at from 3 to 20fr.-60 Sitting-rooms at from 4 to 20fr. —a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'Hote at six o'clock —Public Coffee and Dining Rooms— Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the dining rooms and the private apartments—Reading and Conversa tion Saloons ; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other parties—all Newspapers and Serial Publications received— DiTans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms - numerous Bath-rooms—carriages on the premises—first-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses running to all the rail- Way stations—Postal Letter-box—Telegraph office day and night—Photographic studio—a staff of Servants speaking all Languages. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, M'Kenney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. CANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the kJ MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans f,rmation Scenes if the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Cnsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Slaclagan, &c. Admission, 6d ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. T H E 0 X F OR D, A. OXFORD STREET, W. T IES EVENING, will be performed Selections from the followin icf, Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. ; also, from LA. FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, %V iilmslev, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, finish, Kimborley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS. the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. N v e redY, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "I , Eugene , and the so '" a ndall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclsgan, George Hutchen and Foster. marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a ri Christmas " _ new and original Cantata, entitled "King written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 NATelt. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and i„,,!; Julia lc Pastrana and Infant ; En°. and Shang, the P - Z,V , . Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Mo r dels, Natural Pre old.pi Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years Admission, One bhilling tor Gentlemen only). ROY AL ALHAM BR A.-FRANCONPS GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven ; Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at " This trour,e is certainly one of the best we have had in England for some yeirs. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a long career of prosperity in London."—The Times. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting ut Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Azc.. is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to 8.30. JOHN CATES, Manager The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad Twitted to be the best medicine tor immediately relieving toughs, colds, onfirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Preparea oniy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-W Iliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drugg sts, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d each. Be particular. and ask lor Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address ae. engraved on the stamp. Ir EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics 1. show that 50,00 1 persons annually fall victims to Pul monary Disorders. including consumption, diseases of the chest, and the respiratory organs. Prevention is at 411 times better than cure; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and lvintry season with a supply of KEATING'S COUGH IA , Z ENGES, which possess the virtue . 1 averting, as well as of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike for the young 9r tor the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and tor ac or the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor have 'ong patronised them " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, if 49. " Sir,—l h,;ve much pleasure in recommending y cur lozenges affor ded me to those w h o ITL :w be distressed with hoarseness. They have a rel i ef c_rt several occasions when scarcely able to sing f rom the effects o: catarrh. I think the y would be ver y useful to clergymen, barrt.;!ers, and public orators. "I am, Sir, yo z:irs faithtully, " THOMAS - VRANCIS, Vicar Choral. "To Mr. Keating." Prepared and sold in boxes, is lid, and tit* 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and 108 6d each. by Thomas Keatino - , chemist, NC., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and atent med icine vendors in the world. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be bad only at Madame RACE! EL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. iii[OLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin arid body in perfect health; they are also an effectual - remedy in e l ,:ing local and cutineous affections and rheuma tism. Highly otronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians 'see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nog. 1 to 5, accord:niti,:s the degree of sulDhur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, uper:-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at alt chemists. Pros;bectuses and testimonials sent on application. KUPTURES.--By ROYAL LETTERS '&TENT. -WHITE'S M C-M AIN LEVER ii7llJ SS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of El EKN 1 A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and &oseness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6c1., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A _Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. Au Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post °Mee, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Qakness and Swelling of the Legs , Sprains, &c. They are „ n light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on "I 'al ordinary stocking. Price 45. Bd., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. -'"•• Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. M. Piccadilly. FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the i,"unediate vicinity of the Great North ern Rail way T erminus, Ong's-cross. Patron—Her ivto:t Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Pico -P a t ron —Hi s Royal 11 7 crhneas the Prince of WA LE ?,K.G • President—His Grace th e thLke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Mast'srinan, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the, si k poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the *bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are dai l y obliged t ) treat as out-patients many d stres-ing cases which. with more adequate Wilds, they would gladly a dmit into the wari s. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received b y the Treasurer. Edward Sias eraian, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also 9 . y Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.- Herries and ; Ransom and Co.- Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, ayne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mama, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend,_ as Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; terman And Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from to till 5. SWANFOBD 8. surxu amatory. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Jonrt HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. :TORS. henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. ohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. iNobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE. The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with, this rorporation on advantageous terms. Insurances against Fire on Merchandize in the docks and warehouses in the Port of London are accepted at the late reduced rates of Premium. FAR NIING-STOCK.—No e rtra charge is made for the use of a Steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Batts on British Life Policies has ave raged early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. • ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. No. 22.316. On the sth inst., in post Svo., 10s. (Id., CHRISTMAS AT OLD COURT. By the Author of "Richelieu in Love." " • ' I:lChard Bentley, New Burlin;t9n• street. This Day, Companion to "Anonym a," price 25., SKITTLES: An Awohiography. London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 2 5., SECItET SERVICE; Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Now ready, price 335., 155., and 10s., with Map, POST- OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 186 f. (Sixty-fifth year.) The smallest edition, price 10s., with newly engraved large Map of London, is by far the cheapest Directory ever published, and comprises, in two alphabetical lists, the " Commercial " and " Court," which contain no less than )49,0.0 names and addresses of' persons residing in London, whether carrying on business or oczupying a private resi dence. Also, now Publishing, price 365., with Maps of the Counties, correA,d to time of publication, the Fifth Edition of The POT-OFFICE DIRECTORY of BIRMINGHAM, STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, and WORCES TERSHIRE. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court. Strand, W,C.; Simpkln, Marshall, and Co. ; and all booksellers. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACIIEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 10s 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 11 cwt. bar'ey or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those mad^ by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. Duldon and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. =nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for H or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. PRIZE MED AL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, ac., gte., To the Qut en and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality of Slessrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented..!4. s d. per lb. Ordinary quality Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality .. .. .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quali y .. .. .. .. ls. ld. per lb. Carriage pad in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street. Grosven o Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. NO CURE NO PAY.—The Pre-eminent success attending the use of KERSHAW'S VOLTAIC FLEXIBLE BELT, novel in principle and action, the cure of nervous and muscular atlections, admits of its sale being made dependent upon verified efficacy. A new Belt can be bad on trial for a month, free of charge, for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis, lumbago, tic doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, spasms, sprains, indigestion, inactive liver, &c. By the mild continu ous electric current evolved, exhausted vital ener,!y is eilec tually rest , red. Prices, is. to 15s. each ; for extreme cases, according to size and power. Testimonials sent iree.—Depot, 11, Cfloked-lane, King William-street, City. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent heavy gales some of the boats of the Royal Nalonal Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17; schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St Ives, 7 ; schooner Arlon, of Workington, 4; t,chooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby fishing boat, 3 ; and barque Providence, of Dantzic, 7. Total lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assiste . i in bringing safely into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian brig Camoglinn, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p .id for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institutionearnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSISTANuE to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 Web , at estab lishments. Contributions are receiv4 d by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, H, Juhn-street, Adelphi, London. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. During the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the ijompany issued 1,595 Life Policies, assuring £1,221,608 Durint , , the Four suc•eeding Years the number of Live Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22 1 ,52;2 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM PANY'S PROFI IS will take place on 31st December, 1865. _HE WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU LATED SINCE 31KT DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN BE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER, CENT. ALLOCATED AMONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABTLI CY granted, and every facility offered to ILaurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran'es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most liberal terms. Forms of Proposal and every information will be given at the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, 1863. Etta]) OFFICES: LONDON 68, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury. " West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. EDINDUROU pr,eet.,-g-,e'd r V sei- - re-, - "A l iat..ye- ) 4 ,„,,,....,.....,_.,....--- - _ N ENV S PAP E It ill" *"" : " ...- -. , , s .. ._ „,... s . ::i.,..' i htlivoa,- - . • . • ...A : ..... . ) X 4 t. l , . t ... t I' S ' -. ... '' j‘;l .4 room and had some beer, and also s , ~. 6 . ( 1- '4 , V• , iii-i: '.— 4 q 4, iI I tion with Elizabeth Brown and An - _ 1 ' 4 2, I , ~,,, M)..f., I • t ‘S I I 4 . ..` - . •,.f; (4. ....... ~.....---- !, t11.. , ( f 44 _ c 5 , ,, ,_ - - .'N 41.0:- - , (,;..c, 4. K t , t , -..... gm ..,....a4,...40 - j 'A... About one o'clock in the morning t ctfti4 r,,, ? - ,•••• ~.1 -4 ' Macdonald, and myself went outside theigeo!ga S ••.,,,,, ~•., ~: f,,,,' "--- _ _ 0:.,_.7::. -,, r; , 6 ts/ 1: , --, ~ ._.. .. ; - 1 q: ofif,.4-- xs. ~-,-,,b, ~. _ is :,... -46 Ai.N. 7 ,r4;.,..-___. -.1.-- .4, j. ..;.1 - Z :,-, 6 u , -- -0 , `-,1.- , , ~,, 'I , _., , •• 65 4 teph • d r,`N. , 4. . -- f i ioc4o 4 llA' "Lilt t I rag, , , 1 4 - 07, - et. - DRorr. •% .4 , -;,_ and Star doors and had some conversation. Eiiza beth Brown said to me, Can we get into the malt ing?' I said, ' Yes; I have got a bottle of giu there ;' and she replied, 'Then let us so.' She asked Macdonald to go with us, saying, We shall have plenty to drink;' and she said, 'No, one man with one woman is plenty,' and we then left Macdonald, and went round to Mr. Waddelow's, by the church walk, through the little gate, into the George and Star yard, which adjoins the malting premises, and got on to the cow crib over the wall on to the kil derkins in the malting -yard, in the manner ee scribed at my trial and vent into the kiln through the door which Smedley and I had left unlocked. She PR1CE...._...4d. STAMPED ....sd. descended from the civic chair, and the Sworclbearer having taken from him the wand, the gold chain, and collar of S S, invested Peter Paul M‘6winey with these visible signs of office, and that gentleman then took his seat as Lord Mayor for 1864 amid loud cheering. The new Lord Mayor then ad dressed the Council, expressing his thanks for the honour he had received. He seemed to have caught something of a fiery and martial spirit from the national emblems which met his eye in the proces sion, as appears from the following passages in his speech :—" I am proud to be called on to preside over a city which not only rightly claims to be the second city in the empire, but which has many noble and distinguished qualities which would entitle it to be the first. If the absence of grievous crimes, of those unnatural atrocities, of those dark revelations which give an unenviable notoriety to other cities, and which pollute the atmosphere of the people who live in them—if the absence of all those hideous deformities give Dublin a claim to a high place, most certainly Dublin will not be second to any city i❑ the world. If that appreciation of the sanctity of domestic life which forbids the presence of a Divorce Court—(cheers) --if the absence of that massacre of the innocents which takes place elsewhere, if high and noble qualities among our public men—and during my short career in this city I have had rea son to respect and admire the public men of Dublin, not only the members of this corporation for their zealous devotion to the discharge of their duties, but those gentlemen who conduct public boards, rail ways, banks,mining, and other important institutions of our country—if the possession of these ennobling qualities entitles a city to a first place, surely Dublin (Brown) at that time was smoking a long pipo, find when we got into the furnace-room I drew a quart pitcher full of gin out of the jug, and we sat down on the settle and drank most of it, but not all of it, both of us smoking. We had sat down about half an hour when I wanted to take liberties with her, but she would not let me. I pulled her off the settle. She kicked and knocked about, and got hold of my hair, and in the struggle I hit her on the body with my fist, and she fell on the floor. I then kicked her on the body more than once. She did not scream out. I then felt so bad I did not know what to do, as I felt I had killed her. I stooped down and got hold of her and shook her, and found that she was really dead. I then drank heartily of some more gin. There were some sacks lying on the settle, which I took off and pulled round her, and set fire to them by putting a shovelfull of hot cinders on the sacks. I sat dowdon a block against the furnace, and watched the burning. After I had watched the burning about an hour, I drank some more gin and stirred up the burning sacks. I then sat down again and went off to sleep I expect." ll not be the second. I cannot but hope that during my year of office I will be enabled to assert that which the ex-Lord Mayor so nobly asserted during his year of office—the claim of Dublin to its proper position by prescriptive right of the second city of the empire, and that you will all sustain me whenever the citizens and our fellow-countrymen are attacked by an alien press—by those who can not put pen to paper without maligning the charac ter of our countrymen, and taking advantage of the few exceptions I have alluded to to represent us to Europe as demons, as wretches hardly removed from the lowest state of barbarism, and fit only to be arrayed at one side or the other of the massacres now going on in Virginia and Tennessee." Sir J ohn Gray, in a highly complimentary speech, moved a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor, which was seconded by Alderman Atkinson, and supported by Mr. Sullivan, who spoke in a similar strain of eulogy. The Lord Mayor, in putting the resolution, expressed his warm concurrence, and said " a grateful nation would retain the memory of his good deeds engraved on its heart for ever.. The ex-Lord Mayor responded, and referred to his conduct during his year of office. He marred the effect of his speech on such an occasion by referring rather bitterly to the' malicious and paltry attacks" made upon him during the year. After the necessary formalities were gone through the procession resumed its progress through the city, passing down Parliament-street, over Essex bridge, up Capel-street, Dorset-street, and round by Sackville-street, over Carlisle-bridge, and back to the Mansion-house. TIM SIJN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1864. K INAHAN'6 LL W HISKY v. UOGNAL:, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS" WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 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TEA.--MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 35. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. Ild. per lb. their duties, and would be able to enter upon them without finding the work arduous and difficult. And how were they off in time of peace ? He thought their looks were a suffi cient answer to that question. They had a comfortable ad dition to their annual income in their retainer, and on re turning from a voyage they could come on board that ves sel, and for four hours' healthy exercise per day during four weeks tht•y could get a guinea per week. He thought there was not a man among them who was not more healthy, strong, cheerful, and better in pocket for attending the ser vice than he was before ; and if any man would not say so he knew his wife would. (Laughter and cheers.) The gallant captain, having eulogised the Admiralty for having originated and fostered the scheme for a Reserve force, said that Bristol might justly be proud of her contribution to this means of national defence. She gave the first man, and now, thanks to the exertions of Captain Smith, the shipping master, and the powerful support of the press, there was scarcely an eligible seaman in Bristol unenrolled ; while, for respectability of character and efficiency in drill, he believed the force of the port was not second to that of any in the kingdom. He had no wish to make invidious comparisons with other ports, but he felt much satisfaction in knowing that among the many hundred men drilled there during the 2f years he had been connected with that ship there had been very few cases of inattention, and not one of insubordination or disrespect to himself. His ad vice to them was to keep up the same spirit ; as Bristol gave the first man, so let them keep her first in respectability, good conduct, and efficiency of the force, and let every anni versary as it came find them more and more worthy of that force which he was sure they were all proud to call theirs. (Cheers.) He wished them all sincerely a "Happy New Year," and he could only say for himself that wherever Providence might place him, and to whatever ship the Ad miralty might appoint him, he should always be glad to see under his command any one of these who now composed the force of the Bristol Royal Naval Reserve. (Loud cheers.) Three hearty cheers for the gallant captain, Dr. Fegan, and the other officers were given, and ,he proceedings terminated with three times three for the Queen. surpasses itself in its New Year's number. In ad dition to its usual plentiful supply for feminine in formation and amusement, we have a supplement stocked with all the wonders of dress and fancy work, two large coloured plates of fashions, and a very pretty musical melange, containing six or eight new and lively airs for the festive dances of the season. We should imagine that this number must secure a large circulation. Mr. Becton also provides for the entertainment of that boisterous class now "home for the holidays" by his Boys' Own Journal, Boys' Monthly Magazine, and other works of that class. The latter has a frontispiece illustrating a very awkward dilemma in which a boy and a serpent have mutually found themselves. How they ever got into such a position, and why, being there, the serpent did not suc ceed in crushing the boy, or the boy in making his escape, are considerations somewhat perplexing to the casual ob server. THE ECLECTIC AND CONGREGATIONAL REVIEW. —This magazine has u great number of articles, principally on subjects connected with its religions views. There are also notices of "Mr. Caxton's Essays," and of Mr. Bates's travels on the Amazon. THE ROSE, THE SHAMROCK, AND THE THISTLE. —This magazine is especially interesting as partly answering the demand for female employment. It is entirely printed by women at the Culedonian Press, Edinburgh, and it certainly reflects the highest credit on its feminine compositors. The contents too are well assorted and well worth reading, many of the papers showing talent of a high degree. LE FOLLET.—The costumes in this gracefully embellished serial are as fascinating as ever, and exhibit the vagaries of fashion in their most captivating form. The letterpress is of average merit. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. 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THE VOLUNTEERS, On Wednesday last the commanding officer of the North East London Rifles, Lieut.-Colonel G. H. Money, gave a dinner at the Eagle Tavern, in the City-road, to 200 mem bers of the regiment. Each guest was provided, not only with an excellent dinner, with ale and stout, but also with a pint bottle of champagne, and after dinner grog, cigars, and tobacco were supplied ad libitum. Several civilians were present, as well as officers of other corps. During the dinner a separate band, hired for the occasion, played some excel lent music ; but after dinner all the music was played by the band of the regiment, which under bandmaster Connor (for 20 years a bandmaster in the army) has attained a high degree of efficiency. On the removal of the cloth, Lieut. Colonel Money, who on rising was received with loud and long-continued cheering, gave the customary loyal toasts, which were drunk with the usual honours. Lieut -Colonel Wilkinson, of the sth Administrative Middlesex Battalion, in returning thanks for the Volunteers, said he had great pleasure in being present on that occasion, knowing Colonel Money as he did to be a high-minded gentleman and an ex cellent officer. He exemplified the present condition of the Volunteer force by the state of his own regiment, in which he said he should receive £1 each from the Government for 780 men. Captain St. Aubyn then proposed the health of Lieutenant-Colonel Money in the most flattering terms. Colonel Money had been recommended for their lieutenant colonel to a committee of the regiment as a perfect gentle man and an able officer, and there was not a man in the regiment who had not found him to be such in every respect, and who would not endorse that opinion. The toast was drunk with the most enthusiastic cheering, and a complete ovation was given to the gallant colonel, which was re peated again and again on his rising to respond. Colonel Money made an eloquent speech in reply, in which he al luded to the good feeling existing in the corps, which he was sure would continue unabated. His speech evidently pleased his hearers, and was much applauded throughout. The next and most pleasing incident of the evening was the presentation of a beautiful sword to Colonel Money, subscribed for by the non-commissioned officers and pri vates of the regiment. A deputation of colour-sergeants was appointed to make the presentation. Colour-Sergeant Partrick was the spokesman. In the course of a really touching and eloquent address he referred to the high esteem the Colonel was held in by the regiment, both as an officer and a gentleman. He spoke of the earnest manner in which he was always willing to enter into liny question having for its object the good of the regiment, his zealous attention to his duties, his personal kindness and condescen sion to every man in the corps, and his readiness to give pecuniary aid under any circumstances in which it was re quired. He then handed the sword to the gallant colonel, and with it the following written address :—" We, the non commissioned officers and privates of the North-East Lon don Rifles have great pleasure in offering for your accept ance this sword, as a token of our confidence in you as a commanding officer, and our gratitude to you as a friend. May you long live to wear it I If at a future period an alarm should sound and the aid of the Volunteers be required, we are convinced that this sword shall not be sheathed until it has led the North-East London Rifles to do their duty." (Great cheering.) Col. Money, on rising, appeared much affected by this unexpected mark of his regiment's attach ment. He said—" Gentlemen, what can I say? I read on thisword, " Presented to Lieut.-Col. Money by the non commissioned officers and privates of the North-East Lon don Rifles in testimony of their very great respect and es teem for him as their commanding officer, Dec. 30, 1863." Gentlemen, from my very heart I thank you. Your present has been kindly thought of and graciously bestowed. In buckling it, as I now do, to my side, I am girding myself with the best weapon in the world, the love of hundreds of earnest and grateful hearts. This sword, a symbol of your kind feeling towards me, I will wear, please God, as long as live. Never have I had a brighter moment than this; when those in whom I feel so deep an interest prove that they feel a like interest in me, and present me with a sword which, should our services ever be required, shall lead the North-East L ,, ndon Rifles wherever they will, so long as it is forward. Several other toasts were given, a5O guinea cup was promised as a prize in 1864 by Messrs. F. Till and J. Bacon, as well as three smaller cups by other gentle men, and it was nearly four in the morning before the assembly broke up, which they did with many expressions of pleasure at an entertainment which will long be remem bered by the North-East London Rifles. THE NAVAL RESERVE. The fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Bristol Naval Reserve force was celebrated on New Year's-day. On former occasions a dinner has formed part of the programme but during the past year the men have generously contributed so much towards the relief of the widows and orphans of several of their members who perished in the recent gales that, at the suggestion of Captain Fenwick, the dinner was dispensed with. It is due to Bristol to state that she had the honour of contributing the first man to the Royal Naval Reserve; that when Captain Fenwicktook the command of the Bristol force in 1861 it numbered only 150 men ; and that during the following 12 months the number had in creased to 702, while up to the present time no less than 900 have been enrolled. More than half the Bristol force are at present at sea. On Friday morning about ]OO of the men mustered on board the Dmialus training frigate, and, led by the Volunteer Artillery fife and drum band, and ac companied by Captain Fenwick, Dr. Fegan, and the other officers, they marched to the cathedral, where they at tended morning service. On leaving the cathedral the tars marched through the city, and returned to the Drodalus. On assembling 'tween decks, Captain FENWICK said that as it was the last anni versary he might spend among them he wished to say a few words about the Naval Reserve force in general, and themselves in particular. It was no longer an ex periment,—it had become a national institution, and every reasoning man must look upon it as the great success of our day. The nation had in reserve ac the present moment 17,000 well-trained, powerful, healthy men, suffi cient at any moment, supposing one-half of them were at home, to man at least 12 line-of-battle ships, and a very few months afterwards, if the necessity arose, to man as many more. (Cheers.) And this could be done at one-fifth the cost to the country of maintaining them in the regular navy, while at the same time the merchant service had been benefited by the good effects which drill and habits of disci pline, had produced upon members of the force. As regarded the men themselves, supposing England should be engaged in a war which would call out the reserve force, every man who obtained his livelihood by going to sea would have to come to the Royal Navy en that most powerful of all press gangs, necessity ; for they must all know that no shipowner t such a time would risk his vessel and property at sea. Labour and commerce would consequently be decreased on shore, and to put bread into their mouths and those of their families seafaring men would be obliged to come to the Royal Navy for employment. Now, those who belonged to the Aeservo would come better fitted for the discharge of THE MAGAZINES. DIIBLIN.—" Dtrblin Society" presents some animated sketches of life which are interesting to peruse, they afford an insight into the modes and manners of a peculiar people, and they doubtless relate many customs and habits that are not generally known to all readers, and in 1 thus improve their ideas of this vivacious capital. " Yexley and its Neighbourhood" is the commencement of a new tale. It begins in an impressive manner, and some of the young people are well described. It is a painful sight where the dying man is so forlorn and lonely in his cottage, and his child watching with anxious eyes while he is preparing ber for his approaching depar ture. "Demoniacal Ideals in Poetry," is a short disquisi tion that may prove suggestive in its elaborate criticism. Several extracts are given to explain the meaning of the term from divers authors of note. " Wylder's Hand" be comes very exciting in this number. We see Stanley Lake in his true colours, and Rachel is nearly distracted with the revelation of her dark secret by one whom she little thought was in possession of it, the crafty attorney. As the tale nears its ending the plots and counterplots multiply, and the general mystery increases. There is no at tractive character in this story, but they are all very power fully delineated, and afford specimens of the bold and reckless, the crafty and cunning, and the weak and irreso lute beings who make up the sum of human troubles, and create sin and sorrow wherever their footsteps bend. "The Pulpit and its Critics" enters at some length into the sub ject of preaching in all its bearings, and will please the theo logical reader. " The Ring of Gygee is one of those dreamy enthusiastic sketches which have before appeared in this magazine. It is appropriately written, and seems like a fairy tale, or one of those Eastern extravaganzas, which blend poetry and prose in a strange form. "Ameri can Scenes and Portraits" is a very good article, and will well repay perusal. It treats of some of the most notable productions relating to this great crisis. A good deal may be gathered from this comprehensive criticism. " Sensa tion " is a satirical sketch of the vices and follies of the day. It is smartly done, and brings in most of the extravagances indulged in, and conceits entertained by those who are perpetually running after a nine days' wonder, and pass useless lives with all their gaudy frippery and meretricious renown. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.—We meet with an article on "The Court Martial on Colonel Craw- It y," which is greatly in favour of the Colonel. It is to be regretted that a magazine that has so long been associated with popular feeling in most important cases should go out of its way to uphold proceedings like those at Mhow. It is too much to be told that it is the duty of those who made a stir about these events to make their good opinion of Colonel Crawley as public as was their hastily formed bad opinion. As to the suggestion that Mr. Fortescue and Mr. Conyngham are called on as honest men to retract their former remarks in the house ; all that can be hoped for is that they will renew them with increased energy, and demand that reform in our military code which justice so imperatively calls for. It is of no use to argue and declaim, because prejudice and partiality cannot alter the facts, and right is not wrong, nor wrong right, it all the tribunals in the world proclaim the innocence of the offender. There is the usual excellent quota of Naval and Military information met with in this periodical, and some articles on various subjects, among which we may par ticularise that on " Military Engineering, Ancient and Modern." There is a paper on the "Political Crisis," which treats of the proposed Congress, and contains some very pertinent observations on the difficulties of the posi tion, and alludes to the general dilemma in which all are placed by the present confused aspect of public affairs. COLBURN'S NEW MONTILLY,—"An Incursion into Labrador" is the first article in this number, founded on the recent explorations of Mr. Hind. The pic ture given of this distant and scarcely-known re gion is inviting and picturesque. Nicholas Michell contributes some of his expressive verses on the year that is past, and Sir Nathaniel chronicles the fortunes of " Wilhelmina of Anspach," otherwise Queen Caroline, consort of our own George the Second. After this we have a Christmas story, " The Ghost's Hand," whose name will be sufficient attraction to all lovers of marvel and mystery. "Cyrus Redding," whose indefatigable pen has for many years done good service in this magazine, has an article on " Life, its Nature and Phenomena," a work recently issued. "Comedy of Travel" is an entertaining paper, and the seventh part of " Strathmore" rec ,rds a terrible catas- Among the remaining papers is an essay on the charact e ristics of Y an k e e -l an d, an d a brief but melan cholytrhpeetory, showing how rapidly a happy home may be turned into a scene of wretchedness. BENTLEY'Y MISCELLANY.—The first part of the editor's story " Sohn Law," is given in this number, the prologue having been completed last month. It narrates his introduction to the Regent Orleans and the dawn of his success in Paris. A paper on the German Almanacks for the New Year gives an amusing summa ry of their contents. Dudley Costello proceeds with Mr. Grinahaw's Little Love Affair," the interesting tale of ti Six Weeks at Ilunsdon Manor," is also continued. The login of Smith the Weaver," is an essay on non sequ i turs . " Tilsit and Erfurt" is a readable article on the palmy days of the First Empire. " Some recent Dramatic Successes" are discussed and descanted on, and a memorial paper on the late lamented Lord Lyndhurst does justice to his merits. QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF i tle serial l eI:D F 0 W s —This excellent and well conducted maintains its reputation, and has some really good reading. The interesting story of " Self-help ; or, Work, Wait. and Win," proceeds with spirit, and other articles provide the reader with entertain ment. A paper on "The Registrar's Annual Report" will be read with much interest after recent discussions. It vindicates the Manchester Order of Odd Fellows trom any charge of extravagance or mismanagement. A little tale called " Home Kindliness" teaches a valuable lesson to heads of households. An original lyric, by Eliza Cook, adds greatly to the attractions of the number, and will de light her numerous admirers. LONDON SOCIETY. — Fresh and sparkling as ever, in its gay dress and with its numerous pictures, London Society appears a most seasonable serial. Its contents, although containing nothing very solid, afford pleasant reading enough, the most noticeable feature being the commencement of a new story by the author of "The Morals of Mayfair," en titled, "The Ordeal for Wives.'. Its first chapters are animated and promise interest, although the heroine is a litbe forward, after the manner of the damsels of the pre sent day. Miss Morton's "Mince Pies" is a light tale of an heiress's good deeds, which, in this instance, take a somewhat quaint form. Other Christmas tales and New Year's thoughts are pleasantly interspersed, one of the most readable being the article on Christmas and New Year's day in Paris. The illustrations are plentiful, although not quite up to the usual standard, and altogether this esta blished favourite has begun the year with spirit. THE ENGLISHWOMAN'S DOMESTIC MAGAZINE. — This little aerial, always a marvel of cheapness, MISCELLANEOUS. The several useful and popular works now issuing by Messrs. Cassell are continued with unabated spirit. The Illustrated Bunyan is a really beautiful work. The Popular Educator will be a useful friend to many it poor student, while The Illustrated History of England old The Popular Natural History afford information in the shape of animated and agreeable reading. The &nal Science Review contains a variety of useful papers, the moat prominent of which are those on the diseases of overworked men and violent deaths and suicides in France. The Gardeners' Weekly Magazine is, as usual, overflowing with information, and the Post Magazine Altnanack will be found of great service by the commercial community. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 2. The Lord Mayor's procession yesterday was a splendid success. It attracted immense crowds to the streets, and excited universal admiration. The weather was anything but favourable. The old year had departed in the midst of a tempest, blow ing a gale, and raining torrents. The storm had ceased, however, when the New Year dawned, but the atmosphere was still heavy with clouds and fogs. The sun refused to show himself during the whole day, and all nature seemed to be in a sulky mood. It would have seen a pity if the show were spoilt after all the efforts made to render it an epoch in our civic history. But it really only wanted sunshine to make it perfect in its way, to brighten the ban ners with their golden mottoes, to improve the glitter of the liveries, and to enable the great gilt coach, spears, battle-axes, and armour to reflect their splendours to the best advantage, and to answer fu;ly all the purposes, national, educational, and festive, for which they were designed. In this living panorama the rising generation saw the ancient nationality of Ireland fitly represented. They had a picture of the age when " gallowglasses main tained and upheld the fame of Irish bravery; the chivalrous days of the armour-clad knights, the troubled feudal times, when the Mayor, with sword in hand, led the resolute as well as the eloquent corporators, the hattleaxe guard, and the citizens, to repel the raid of some predatory feudal lord, or law-despising chieftain." The Freeman adds that the show also represented the march of civilisation, the progress of the useful arts, and the municipal adoption of the best means of promoting the health and welfare of the citizens, and protecting their lives and property. Judging from this pleasant de scription of the symbolic nature of the procession, the revival of the primitive Irish or feudal times would be no improvement on the present. It would fare ill with the " Monster houses," stored with piles of the costliest goods, if the O'Byrne, the O'Toole, the Donoghue, the O'Connor, the O'Reilly, or the M'Swiney could come into Dublin periodi cally at the head of their gallowglasses and kerns, and make a clean sweep of their contents, galloping off to their mountain fastnesses before the valourous Lord Mayor and his eloquent corporation had time to buckle on their armour or marshal their battle axes. It is said that the M'Swiney, ancestor of the present Lord Mayor, was captain of the gallow glasses in the army of the O'Neil, King of Ulster ; but even the present worthy representative race can scarcely wish for the revival of a system which would have rendered for ever impossible the rise of such mercantile houses as the one of which he is himself the head and in which Dublin now abounds —a system under which life and property were utterly insecure. Theexhibition, however, will be useful if it lead the people to prize more the bless ings which they owe to the powers represented by the modern parts of the procession—the mounted police, the Hussars, and the fire brigade. The last body, under its commander, Captain Ingram, made an imposing appearance, and constituted the most striking an i picturesque part of the procession. It was arranged thus :—Fitst appeared the City Marshal, then the Hussar videttes, followed by the splendid band of the 10th Hussars. After a select body of mountain police—magnifieent men, under Inspector Boyle—then came the fire brigade, 80 or 100 in number, a body whose physique and outfit excited universal admiration. They had four fire engines, each drawn by two horses, and seven fire-escapes, whose lofty forms reared " like a herd of giraffes pursued by a host of salamanders." Tne firemen wore red coats, loosely fitting white trou sers, and helmets, bearing their axes end other tools for extinguishing fires and cutting off the ad- vance of a conflagration. They and their horses were decorated with ribonds and rosettes, while flags waved from the tops of the fire-escapes. After the brigade came the officers of the corporation in their carriages ; the Waterworks Committee, with its chairman, Sir John Gray. Several ex-Lord Mayors in their carriages, with state liveries, the carriages of the high sheriff of the city, Mr, Wm. Dargan, the recorder, the outgoing Lord Mayor, the incom ing Lord Mayor ; then came the incoming Lord Mayor, in the' gold coach," drawn by six white horses. At intervals in the procession appeared banners, macebearers, knights in armour, men •at acros, javelin men, &c. A number of private car riages followed the procession. The novelty of the arrangement, and the unwonted splendour of the pageant, made the Ist of January quite a gala day for the people, and won loud and general applause for the public spirit and tasteof the new Lord Mayor who has the good sense to see that such displays are ridulous, unless they are got up, not as ceremo nials that custom requires, and that must be got through somehow, but by a man who fully enters into their spirit and design, and is determined to secure all the conditions of success " regardless of expense." It should be mentioned that, as a branch of the ancient house of " Mr. Swiney of the Battle Axes," of Donegal, the Lord Mayor bears in his arms the battle axes. The scene in the Council Chamber was very ani mated, when the procession, which started from the Mansion-house in Dawson-street, reached the city hall, the old Rayal Exchange—a handsome build ing adjoining Dublin Castle. Among the ladies present were the Ledy 111avoress and her daughter. The Town Clerk having read the minutes of the last meeting, they were signed by the Lord Mayor. The Town Clerk announced that the next business was to inaugurate the Lord Mayor for 1864. Mr. Peter Paul M'Seviney then made and signed the usual declaration. The Hon. J. P. Vereker next CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY, A M. Giraud, having just returned from the Con federate States of America, has thrown his reflec• tions into the shape of a memorial, which he has addressed to the Emperor Napoleon. The Army and Navy Gazette publishes a summary of this do cument, from which we make the following extract:-- "We will now turn back to the text for a de scription of the Brooke gun, whose balls seem to have gone through the Keokuk with the facility and eccentricity of lightning through a country parsonage. There - is nothing extraordinary in the aspect of these guns. An attentive observer would not fail to remark the circular bands closely united to the piece, and which are destined to give a greater resisting force. With regard to their rifling, it is on the system of inclined planes instead of groves (elle est en plans inclines, au lieu dare sillonee). The projectiles are of forged iron. Those which I had an opportunity of ex amining were adapted to 7-inch guns. Their form is elongated, cylindrical nearly their entire length, with the exception of the front part, which is slightly conical and rounded off at its periphery. the two extremities are vertical. The hinder part, which presents itself to the breech of the piece, bears on its circumference a bell-mouthed groove, and receives a copper ring, whose ends nearly meet at the end of the projectile. The projectile has bands of copper running round it, one about four inches from the front, and the other close to the hind part. These bands alone are destined to take the rifling of the piece. At a distance of 200 yards, and with a charge of 201 b of powder, these projectiles penetrate four iron plates of two inches each, backed with 18 inches of oack, the whole fixed against a clayey cliff. M. Giraud can testify to the precision of this gun as well as its penetrating power, and it would certainly seem that there must be some powerful instrument keeping at bay he much-vaunted Federal monitors. How otherwise account for their inac tivity ? How account for their being held in check by dismantled forts ? The Keokuk went within 900 yards, and sheered off merely to sink the next morning. M. Giraud, after this naval informa tion, shows what the Confederation has done in the way of establishing arsenals, etc. To supply the troops an immense bakery has been created in Richmond, which turns out daily 350 barrels of biscuits, which, with the exception of the kneading are made by steam. Government contractors buy the flour on the most favourable conditions, and without damaging the interest of private bakers. " The writer visited the naval encampment of Drewry's . Bluff, situated nine miles below Richmond, upon the James River. 'lt is this locality which the Federals have decorated with the pompous name of Fort Darling. There never was a fort at this place; it is only an ordinary cliff rising about 80 feet above the level of the river, and which com mands a radius of between four and five miles. When the Federal fleet, under the command of Commodore Rogers, advanced, in May, 1862, upon Richmond, the cliff at Drewry's Bluff was in ite natural state. It was covered with thick forest vegetation. The Con federates had only just time to make a few openings and lay three guns when the Federals made their appearance. The river was defended by three guns and barred by means of a few ships. The enemy was repulsed with great damage, and it was probably owing to this circumstance that ' Fort Darling was invented. It was necessary to find a plausible pretext for defeat. After the engagement several tons of projectiles were picked up. The Confederates have now, however, made of Drewry's Bluff a most formidable position, which is guarded by a naval encampment. More than one battery, plated with iron now defends Richmond from assault by the James River, and lying in the stream is the plated steam frigate Richmond, a kind of improved Merrimac, armed with Brooke guns and manned with a crew of 150 sailors, who would no doubt prefer dropping past Monroe into the Atlantic. When M, Giraud left the Southern States a couple of months ago, there was great activity in the yards of the capital. rwo other vessels, on the model of the Richmond, were being built—the Fredericksburg and the New Mer rimac; both sufficiently advanced to be able to take part in a combat. The Patrick Henry is employed as a naval school, and the plated gunboats Beaufort and Hampton do duty between Richmond and the river forts defending it. In all, six plated vessels are ready in case of need to protect the capital." THE WEATHER AND THE PARES, The intense frost which set in on Friday night con tinued on Saturday and yesterday, and, as a necessary con sequence, induced thousands of persons to visit the various Royal parks, with a view of venturing on the ice which has already formed on the pieces of ornamental water. The hopes of the too venturesome, however, were doomed to disappointment, for in no one single place was the ice thick enough to be bearable. In the Regent's-park the extensive sheet of water round the island is quite covered, as is also that adjoining the boatbou-e. Should the frost continue for another two days there is little doubt but that skating and sliding will be permitted. Yesterday two young boys aged 10 and 14, paid the denalty of their rashness by being soused up to their necks for venturing on the ice near the side of the paths. The Serpentine, being the largest piece of water in any of the parks, is act yet covered, but will doubtless be so in the course of a couple of days. St. James's-park was visited by a large number of per son ; but here also the precaution of not permitting any one on the ice was fully carried out. Preparations have been made to prevent skating on the deep water. In Batt ersea-park, Victoria-park, &c., the ice is an inch, and in some places an inch and a half in thickness. Preparations are being made by the officers and men of the Royal Humane Society for the rescue of those who may fall through the ice. Mx. WOOLLEY has been paid the whole amount of his claim for the fire at Campden House. The sum thus received, with interest, is nearly £30,000. The loss of his first collection of rare and curious objects has not, however, quenched the desire of Mr. WPolley to form another museum. He is Btill animated with a desire to surround himself with queer, quaint articles of vertu; and,, with this end, has taken a house and grounds near Fulham, called Prior-park, formerly in the occupation of Mr. E. T. Smith, late of Drury Lane Theatre, but now of Cremomo eardens. Execution of the Whittlesea Murderer, John Green, who was convicted at the Cambridge assizes of murdering Elizabeth Brown, at Whittle sea, on the 4th of last March, was executed in front of the County Gaol at Cambridge, on Saturday morning, at nine o'clock. After his condemnation the prisoner was frequently visited by his mother and other relatives. Their last interview with him took place on Friday, when he was seen by his father and mother, and wife and three children, together with his three sisters. The scene in the convict's cell was of a very distressing character. After bidding him farewell, and leaving the gaol, his wife returned and asked to be allowed to see him again, which was granted. His conduct, to her, however, had not been the kindest. While in pri son he was quiet, and appeared indifferent to his fate, nor did he manifest any great remorse for the crime he had committed. Although he conversed upon other topics, he only alluded to the murder once, when he confessed to its commission. He frequently stated that he was resigned to his fate, and did not indulge in hopes of a reprieve ; for a day or two after his sentence he inquired when the exe cution would take place, and subsequently upon which part of the prison the gallows would be erected. According to the rules of the gaol he hed the privilege of exercising in the yard, but he did not avail himself of it to any great extent, as he pre ferred to remain in the cell. He also both ate and slept well up to the last. Shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday morning the under sheriff, governor, and other prison offi cials, proceeded to the condemned cell, where Cal craft pinioned the prisoner, who submitted to the process with considerable courage. As the prison bell tolled nine o'clock the procession left for the scaffold, upon which Green mani fested much firmness. He was a remarkably fine young man, being six feet in height, and was dressed in the familiar white emock, red necker chief, and corduroy trousers so cften described at the trial. He walked with a firm, unfaltering step, but without any appearance of bravado. At the foot of the scaffold he halted till Calcraft told him to "go first," and he then ascended the ladder without hesitation, and placed himself under the beam. He was led away to the left-hand corner of the scaffold, where a couple of hassocks had been placed. Upon these Green and the chaplain knelt in the presence of the crowd whilst the chaplain read with much emotion the two prayers set apart for such occasions. Green's lips quivered during this ordeal, and he raised his eyes to Heaven, apparently in earnest supplication. A deathlike stillness meanwhile pervaded the crowd, broken only by the hum of the responsive " Amen." When Green rose he at once placed himself over the drop. Calcraft pulled the cap over his face, Green's legs were tied, in an instant the drop fell, and all that was mortal of the culprit hung dangling in the air. After hanging an hour the body was cut down and interred within the precincts of the gaol. As execu tions at the Cambridge County Gaol usually take place at twelve o'clock, there was not so large a concourse of spectators as is generally the case. Later in the morning some thousands of persons arrived by train from neighbouring places, in the expectation that the execution would have taken place at the ordinary time. During his incarceration Green made the fallow ing confession of his crime, the purport of 'which has already been published :—" Smedley and I locked up the malting on the night of the 4th of March, about eight o'clock, and went together to the George and Star pub. lie-house, and I went to the store-room with Samuel Boyce, to remove some forms into the dancing room : At the time Boyce wts taking the forms out of the store room, I drew a bucketful of gin from a puncheon in the same store room. I then hid the pall of gin in a cor ner behind some wood in the George and Star yard. I then went into the taproom, where I saw Smedley, and told him what I had got. Smedley and I then went together, and took it to the malting, I carried it, and he proceeded to unlock the door of the yard leading to the malting and the malting door. When we got into the lutnace room Smedley kept watch while I poured the gin into a stone jug covered with wicker work. 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